Plow attachment.



PATENTBD MAR. 3,1908.

R. SfMATTINGLEY. 'PLOW ATTACHMENT.

APPLIOATiON FILED MAR. 30. 1907.

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RAY S. MATTINGLEY, OF ROCKPORT, INDIANA.

PLOW ATTACHMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 3 1908.

Application filed March 30 1907- Serial No. 365.531.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RAY S. MATTINGLEY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Rockport, in the county of Spencer and State of Indiana,have invented a new and useful Plow Attachment, of which the fol lowingis a specification.

This invention has relation to disk attachments for plows and itconsists in the novel construction and arrangement of its parts ashereinafter shown and described.

The object of the invention is to provide an attachment which may beeaslly and readily applied to the beam of a plow and which consists of astandard to the lower end of which is attached an adjustable spindle. A

disk is journaled upon the spindle and means is provided for adjustingthe said spindle latorally with relation to the standard. Abrace isattached at its lower end to the lower portion of the standard and atits upper end to the beam of the plow. A fender is attached to the lowerend of the standard and a link is attached at its forward end to theforward end of said fender and at its rear end to the standard.

In the accompanying drawing :Figure l is a side elevation of theattachment applied to a plow beam. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of thesame. Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view of the lower portion of theattachment, and Fig. 4 is a sectional view of the lower portion of thestandard.

The attachment consists of the standard 1 the lower end of which islaterally bent or disposed as at 2. The shaft 3 passes transverselythrough the lower portion of the standard 1 and may be adjustedlongitudinally therein and held in such adjusted posi-' tion by means ofthe clamp bolt 4 which passes through the said standard 1 and. engagesthe shaft The shaft 3 is hollow and is provided at one end with thehemispherical head 5 which is provided with an elongated slot 6. Thebolt 7 has its head. located within the head 5 of the said shaft andsaid bolt projects laterally through the slot 6. The sleeve 8 issubstantially conical and is concaved at its inner end to receive theouter surface of the head 5. The belt 7 passes longitudinally throughthe sleeve and through the cap 9 located over the end. of the saidsleeve. Said cap is provided with. an. annular flange 10 which receivesthe end of the sleeve and the cap is provided with an.

elongated opening 11 through which the said bolt 7 passes. The nut 12 isscrewthreaded upon the end of the bolt 7 and holds the parts in properposition. It will thus be observed that the sleeve 8 forms an adjustablespindle upon which the disk 13 is journaled and that by loosening thenut 12 that the said sleeve may be so positioned with relation to theshaft 3 as to pitch. the disk 13 at any desired angle to the line ofdraft. The brace 14 is attached at its lower end to the lower portion ofthe standard 1 and is secured at its upper end by means of a bolt 15 tothe plow beam 16. The upper portion of the standard 1 is fixed to thesaid beam by means of a clamp 17. The fender 18 is attached at one endto the lower end of the standard 1 and extends in a forward directionand is curved upwardly at its intermediate portion and then extendsrearwardly and downwardly along the outer surface of the disk 13. Thusthe said standard is substantially U-shaped in plan and curvedlongitudinally. The link 19 is attached at its forward end to theintermediate forward portion of the fender 18 and is provided at itsrear end with an elongated slot 20 which receives the bolt 21 V ard 1.Thus it will be observed that provision is made for adjusting the fenderwith relation to the disk and the standard. The said fender is adaptedto turn the vegetation under the furrow.

From the foregoing description it is obvious that a disk cultivatingattachment is provided which may be easily and readily applied to thebeam of a plow and the parts of which may be quickly adjusted asconditions or fancy may require.

Having described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters- Patent is 1. plow attachment comprising a standard, a hollowshaft passing through the same and having a hemispherical end providedwith a transverse slot, said shaft being capapassing through thestandble of longitudinal and axial adjustment on the standard, a spindlelocated at the hernispherical' end of the shaft, a bolt passinglongitudinally through said spindle and the slot in the shaft and a diskjournaled upon the spindle. I

2. A plow attachment comprising a standard, a hollow shaft passingthrough the same and having a hemispherical end provided with atransverse slot, said shaft being capable of longitudinal and axialadjustment on the standard, a spindle located at the hemi- I my own, Ihave hereto affixed my signature spherical end (pf tfhe kslhaft,a (clapbeiripg against in the presence of two Witnesses. the outer en 0 t espin e, a 0 t passing T through said cap, the spindle and the slot inRAY MATTE GLEY' 5 the shaft, and a disk journaled for rotationWitnesses:

upon the spindle. JOHN B. STUART,

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as RICHARD E. ROYAL.

